"A powerful work of grassroots history showing how China's rural-urban divide can be traced back to the policies of Mao …"The gap between those living in the city and those in the countryside remains one of China's most intractable problems …. As this powerful work of grassroots history argues, the origins of China's rural-urban divide can be traced back to the …

Intro -- Contents -- Author's Note -- Introduction -- 1. The Middle-Income Trap -- 2. China's Looming Transition -- 3 …. The Worst-Case Scenario -- 4. How China Got Here -- 5. A Shaky Foundation -- 6. Invisible Barriers -- 7. Behind Before …

Rising concern over urban-rural economic disparity in China in the early 2000s spurred a series of policy initiatives …

"Twenty years ago, seemingly everything for sale at American retailers had a "Made In China" sticker on it. Now, things … underway. Even as American commentators fret over "rising China," the real threat lies in a virtually unknown story: that of a … country's future-and the world. Far from the prospect of global takeover, a China newly adrift has the potential to be our …

The urban-rural divide in China was an entrenched feature of Chinese society in the Maoist era. This divide generated … and continues to generate inequality as between the rural population and the urban population. In post-Deng China, legal … this paper, it is argued that the emergence of the phenomenon of “quasi-commons” in rural China, crossing the “borders” of …

One of the most notable social phenomena in China is the large urban-rural disparity. There are many studies of it, but … and rural households in China from 1988 to 2002. Our results suggest that low quantiles are associated with large …